水泥板 (shuǐ ní bǎn) — concrete slab, cement board | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

concrete slabcement board

Measure word · 块

Examples

水泥板。
Gōng rén men bǎ shuǐ ní bǎn tái le qǐ lái.
The workers lifted the concrete slab.
。
Tā xū yào yòng shuǐ ní bǎn lái jiā gù qiáng miàn.
He needs to use cement board to reinforce the wall.
水泥板，。
Zhè kuài shuǐ ní bǎn tài zhòng le, liǎng gè rén bān bú dòng.
This concrete slab is too heavy for two people to carry.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

水泥cement

水shuǐwater泥nímud

偏正Modifier + head

水 'water' and 泥 'mud' form 水泥, then 板 'board' names a cement board.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵尼泥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

尼

尼ní泥nì

Same sound today

The left side is 氵, the water part; the right side is 尼, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn板bǎn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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